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WILLIAM GUNN PRICE, OF SOHENEVUS, NEW YORK.

FARE-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 344,287, dated June22,1886.

Application filed Novembergb, 1885. Serial No. 183,952. No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM GUNN PRIoE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Schenevus, in the county of Otsego and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fare-Boxes; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of fare-boxes forwhich Letters Patent of the United States, No. 319,313 and No. 326,778,were granted to me respectively on the 2d of June and 22d of September,1885.

My present improvements consist in certain novel constructions andcombinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and specificallyclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an external view inperspective of the passenger-fare box as it appears when seen from theinside of a car or other vehicle. Fig. 2 is a vertical section at rightangles to the front of the fare-box, showing the casing in section andthe other parts in elevation. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of thefare-box on the line :0 x of Fig. 5. Fig. 4. is another horizontalsection on the line y y of Fig. 5, showing the fare-box without theoperating mechanism. Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the fare-box, thissection being taken in two vertical planes, one of which cuts throughthe fare receiving and exhibiting portion of the case and the otherthrough that portion of the case which contains the lamp. Fig. 6 is anelevation of the farebox as seen from the drivers platform, a.

portion of the side plate of the 1amp-chamber being broken away.

A in the drawings represents the fare-box, which is constructed withareceiving and exhibiting chamber, A, alamp-containing chamber, B, and achamber, 0, for containing the alarm mechanism, and serving other usefulpurposes.

In the open front top portion of the chamber A, a push-block, D, ispivoted at a, being pendently hung on its pivot-pin. The form of thispush-block is clearly shown in the drawings, and it closes the saidfront top portion of the said chamber. In the slotted portionb of thispush-block a rubber cushion, c, is applied, and behind this portion arubber bumper, d, is attached to the rear wall of the chamher A.

In the slot b of the portion 6 an inclined or curved plate, 6, attachedto an inwardlyprojecting curved portion of the front wall of the chamberA, is extended, as shown. This curved plate has a guard-lip, f, at itsrear extremity, and in front of this lip a stop, f, is provided on thepushblock D, as shown, and just forward of the said stop is a narrowvertical, or nearly vertical, passage, f for admission of a ticket or afive-cent piece, or other denomination of currency which is the price ofa passengers fare on a carer other vehicle.

Below the slot 12 of the portion 12 of the push-block a comb-plate, E,is constructed upon the push-block, the same being narrower than thepush-block, and consisting of a solid tooth-stock, with a number of longnarrow notched teeth, 9, extending down therefrom, as shown, and belowthis comb-plate a double comb-plate ticket or fare receiver, F, isapplied upon a vibrating shaft, F,which has its support in the sidewalls of the chamber A, as shown. I

The teeth 9 g of the solid stock F of the double combplate form tworows, those of one row inclining toward the front wall, and

the other toward the rear wall, of chamber I A, and the two being unitedtogether at their bases in the stock and forming above said stock aV-shaped channel or receptacle for the passengers fare, as shown.

The teeth 9 of the comb-plate E are constructed and arranged to passbetween the teeth 9 g of the comb-plate F, as is illustrated in thedrawings.

When the push-block is in its normal position, (shown by the dotted lineG in Fig. 5,)

a passenger pushes it back to the position shown in full lines in samefigure and deposits his fare f through the passage f into the V-shapedchannel of the double comb-plate F, as illustrated in Fig. 5. As soon asthe pushplate is released, it seeks by its gravity to as-. sume itsnormal position; but this it cannot do until its single comb-plate hasby its teeth passing through the rear row of comb-teeth g and coming incontact with the fare f tilted the double comb-plate, and therebydischarged the fare from the double comb-plate upon appliances whichwill presently be described. \Vhen the fare is out of the V-shapedchannel, all the parts can automatically assume their normal positions,and so often as the fare stands as an obstacle to this taking place themeans are afforded whereby a farealarm mechanism and other parts can beoperated; but when the fare is not in its place, neither such alarmmechanism nor other connected parts will be operated. With the doublecon1b-plate the necessary full space for the entrance of the fare intothe V-shaped channel or receiver can be secured, for the pushblock canbe moved back independently of the double comb-plate the full extentnecessary; but with the comb-plates jointly forming the fare receptacleor channel, as heretofore, this full spaee is not provided at the rightmoment, and sometimes the fare is turned about and passed between theteeth and the desired accurate registration is not accomplished. Thenotched or shouldered edges of the teeth of the comb-plateE act by meansof the shoulders or notches to prevent the fare rising out of theV-shaped channel formed by the double comb or fare-receiver F, for whenthepush-block falls back or to its normal position the teeth in the combE press against the fare and the fare slides up until its lower edge iscaught or arrested by the notches of the teeth of this comb, and beingthus prevented from rising higher the double comb is compelled to turnover far enough to discharge the fare. Thus the fare is kept from beingmoved improperly and its proper discharge insured. The said notches arepreferably below the top of the fare, so that the lower edge of the fareshall be arrested by them during the passage of the teeth of the comb Ebetween the teeth of the comb or receiver F.

H H is a guide comprisinga double mirror, being formed of two mirrorsplaced back to back,and set with a downward inclination from the back tothe front walls of the chamber A. The front mirror may be of glass orpolished metal, and be made to serve as a reflector, a protector of thesilvered surface of the rear mirror, H, which may be of glass, as wellas a guide for conducting the fare upon an exhibition-plate, I. In frontof the guide a beveled deflector, J, is applied on the front wall of thechamber A, and by this deflector the fare f is caused to descendproperly upon the guide. Below this deflector, and also below theeXhibition-plate I, the front wall of the chamber A is cut away, asshown, and a pane of glass, A set into the opening thus formed. Theexhibition-plate I is arranged to vibrate, being provided with journalswhich are supported in the front and rear walls of the chamber A, and itis formed of a plate of glass, which may be set in a suitable metalframeand have at its rear upper edge a guard for preventing the fare slippingoff it backward. This plate, when a fare is being deposited at f willstand inclined with its front edge resting against the front wall of thechamber A, and a fare, 1, will be exhibited thereon to the passengers inthe car by the aidof the reflected light from the lamp-chamber, asindicated by the dotted line G; but when the parts are allowed to assumetheir normal positions the exhibition-plate will stand less inclined andallow the fare f to descend upon a general receiving plate, J which isarranged upon journals having their supports in the front and rear wallsof the chamber A, and can be tilted on said journals by the driverpulling upona rod, K, attached to a crauk-arm, i, and extended to theoutside of the fare-box. When this receiving-plate is heavily chargedwith faresf the driver pulls upon the rod K and causes the fares to bedeposited into a locked drawer, L. About one-half of the upper surfaceof the receiving-plate J is covered by a curved guard plate, J, andbeneath this plate a stop, j, for limiting the movement of the rear edgeof the plate J,is provided, while astop, j, forlimiting the movement ofits front edge, is also provided, and for insuring the proper return ofthis plate to its normal position its rear edge is weighted, asillustrated in the drawings. l

The fare-drawer L is provided with a lock or looks, as usual, and toprevent entrance to the fare-box by unscrewing its back wallplate A thisplate. in addition to being screwed to the side walls of the chamber A,is fastened on the inside, as shown in Fig. 3, by means of angle-irons7c, unnicked-headed screw-bolts having square shanks, and nicked nutsif, applied to the screw-bolts on the inside of the walls of chamber A.\Vith this construction it is hardly possible for the boX to be takenapart and the drawer to be robbed, and therefore unless the drawer isunlocked and withdrawn its contents cannot be tampered with. The doublecomb-plate F is connected with the exhibition-plate I by means of acounectingrod, l, a crank-arm, l,.on one of its journaled ends, and acrank-arm, 1 on one of the journaled ends of the exhibitionplate, an lthe exhibition-plate is connected to the arm Z of the alarm-hammer 1* bymeans of the crank-arm P, to which the connectingrod Z is attached.Below the hammer a bell or gong, Z is placed.

All the parts for soundingthe alarm when a fare is deposited are placedin the separate chamber, 0, and this chamber has openings m for the freepassage of the sound when the gong is struck, thus rendering the alarmmore distinct, said openings also serving for supplying air forpromoting combustion of the material usedin the lamp-chamber B forgiving illumination to the inside of the fare-box. The lamp-chamber B isprovided with a side glass window, B forgiving light IIO to the driver,and is located on the back wall I the final reception and dischargingplate or of the chamber A opposite an opening in said wall, which isclosed by a vertically-movable glass slide, L, which is fitted inguiding-ways of the fare-box and held up by means ofa narrow removableprop, L which rests on the bottom wall-piece of the chamber A. By takingout the drawer L and pulling the prop L from under the glass slidethe slide will de scend, so that it can be cleaned and rendered moreavailable for the transmission of the light from the lamp into thechamber A, and upon the mirror, exhibition-plate, and fares paid bypassengers. The prop is caused to stand slightlyinclined by means ofstrips ww, applied to it,as shown. The lamp M may be of any ordinaryconstruction adapted for the purpose, but the one shown will be foundvery convenient and effective. This lamp M is formed with horizontalflanges at between its oil-reservoir and burner, and these flanges slidelaterally in grooves or ways at of the chamber B, and they serve fordividing the chamber B into two compartments. By this construction theoil'reservoir is isolated from the flame, and can be keptcomparativelycool, and the lamp thereby rendered less liable to explode,and blasts of air which would blow out thelamp are excluded from theflame-compartment. The wick-adjuster N of this lamp has its turn-buttonor head squared, and an auxiliary sliding key-button, n, is coupled bymeans of a socketed inner head to said squared head. A spring, n, placedbetween the wall of the lamp chamber and key-button a, permits thekey-button n to be uncoupled from the adjuster N when it is desired towithdraw the lamp. This spring also allows the key-button to be movedout of the way when thelainp is being put in the chamber, and thenreadjusts the key-button to its coupled position with said adjuster N.The back plate, B, of the lamp-chamber is applied to slide up and down,so as to permit access to the lamp, and in the lower part of this slide,as well as in the side walls and bottom of the chamber B, apertures 19,for the admission of air below the lamp-burner for cooling theoil-reservoir, are provided, as shown, the air for promoting combustionbeing admitted above the reservoir through aperturesp in the back wallof the chambers A and O. The draft-tube P for the lamp-chamber may bearranged at the platform for the accumulated fares, as shown in myLetters Patent No. 326,778. Neither do I claim the construction andcombination, as shown in Letters Patent No. 216,952, No. 143.698, No.63,804, and No. 86,189.

That I claim as my invention- 1. A temporary farereceiver for afare-box, comprising two rows of teeth inclined in opposite directions,and a comb stock or plate carrying said teeth, and provided wit-hjournals for the receiver to vibrate upon, substantially as described.

2. The temporary fare-receiver for a farebox, comprising two rows ofteeth and-a comb stock or plate having journals upon which it vibrates,in combination with aswinging pendent push-block, which is weighted andprovided with a comb-plate having a single row of teeth adapted to passback and forth between the teeth of the double comb-plate, and on thereturn movement to strike theinserted fare, and thereby tilt the saidreceiver and dischai ge the fare therefrom, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a push-block having a toothed plate or combattachment, a pivoted comb provided with a double row of teeth forming atemporary fare-receiver, a stationary fare-conducting guide, and atransparent tilting exhibition-plate, the journals of the fare-receiverand exhibitiouplate being provided with arms or levers and connected bya rod, substantially as described.

4. The'combination, with a lamp, B, a farereceiving chamber, A, thetemporary farereceiver, and the fare-discharger, of the inclinedconducting-guide formed of two mirrors, the lower one of which isprotected by the upper one, and is adapted to reflect the light of thelamp upon an exhibition-plate as well as the fare thereon, substantiallyas described.

5. The combination, in a fare-box, of chamber A, a lamp-chamber, sidechamber, 0, having a perforated or open-work front and a perforated backwall, a gong, a hammer, both in said chamber 0, and a tilting temporaryfare-receiver, substantially as described.

6. The combination, in a fare-box provided with an opening in its rear,of a glass plate closing said opening, a removable prop for said glass,and the money-drawer, substantially as and for the purpose described.

7. The combination, with the chamber A, of the fare-box provided with aglass-closed opening at its back, of the lamp chamber B, and a lamphaving a dividing-plate, m, the said chamber having its oil-reservoircompartment perforated below the dividing-plate, and itsflame-compartment perforated at 1) above said plate, substantially asdescribed.

8. The combination, with the fare-box pro vided with the lamp andlamp-chamber, of the externallyoperated sliding springacted IIO a gongalso in the chamber 0, a tilting plate for discharging the accumulatedfares into the money-drawer, provided with a rod by which the driveroperates it, and a lamp placed in the chamber B, opposite theglass-covered opening of the side of said chamber and back of thefare-box, substantially as de ;cribed.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

XVILLIAM GUNN' PRICE. Witnesses:

JOHN C. HoUsE, H. A. KENNEY.

